ANNA JOHNSON HINKLEY

April 6, 1930 - July 2, 2022

Anna Hinkley, a wonderful and loving wife, mother, grandmother and great grandmother passed away on July 2, 2022.

Anna was born on April 6, 1930 in Lakeland, Florida and grew up in Miami. Her paternal grandparents were pioneers in the Florida orange grove business in the late 1800’s. When she was in fifth grade, she met an equally smart and charming little boy, Ed, who would become her childhood sweetheart.

She asked him to their first date on a hay ride at age 16 and married him in 1951. Anna graduated from Miami Edison High School where she was a member of the Marching Cadets. After high school, she pursued a degree in education at Florida State University where she also performed as an aerialist in the FSU Circus’ Redheads on Revue.

Anna earned her bachelor’s degree in Education from the University of Florida a Master’s degree from Barry College and had a very successful career as an educator in elementary, high school, and college levels. Her passion was teaching young children to read and also specialized in remedial reading for older children and adults. Through her many years of dedicated teaching, she helped hundreds of children and young adults enrich their lives through reading.

Anna and Ed raised their two children in North Miami but would also live in Tampa, Marco Island and Coral Gables, Florida. She enjoyed gardening, playing tennis, oil and watercolor painting, and especially doing the fine art of needlepoint. She loved cats and you would often find one curled up in her lap. Anna and Ed loved to take guided tours and cruises all over the US, Canada and Caribbean. In 1997 she and Ed left Florida for their new home in Houston to be close to her children and grandchildren. They have lived at Eagle’s Trace retirement community in west Houston for the past 12 years.

Anna was an active member of the Bridge Builder’s Sunday school class at Memorial Drive Methodist church. She enjoyed working as a volunteer for many years at Memorial City Hospital, prepared sandwiches for the needy at the church, and helped with various assistance programs at Eagle’s Trace.

Anna was a devoted and loving wife and mother and always put her family first. She was selfless in her desire to give her children the love and support they needed to become kind adults and loving parents. Anna had a great disposition, and positive attitude about life. She was a hard worker and her many accomplishments set a great example especially for the women and men in her family. Her memory will be cherished for generations to come.

Anna is survived by her childhood sweetheart and devoted husband of 70 years C. Edward Hinkley, daughter Carol Cornette and son Richard Hinkley and his partner Carrie Gillespie; grandchildren, Fr Richard R. Hinkley, Brian Cornette and wife Ying, Hayley van Wageningen and husband Jeff, and Lisa Griggs and Husband Hayden; great-grandchildren, Mitchell and Holden van Wageningen and Valencia and Maximillian Cornette, Marley Griggs, and the extended Silvia Hinkley/ Fernandez family.

Family and friends are invited to a Celebration of Life Memorial Service to be held at Memorial Drive United Methodist Church, 12955 Memorial Drive, on Thursday July 14 at 2:00 PM. For those desiring, the family requests with gratitude that in lieu of flowers, contributions be made in Anna’s memory to the charity of their choice.

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